Bowling bags



Jan. 26, 1960 1 H. LE GoFF BOWLING BAGS Filed NOV. 17, 1958 UnitedStates Patent() BOWLING BAGS Loman H. Le Goti, Lawrenceville, NJ.

Application November 17, 1958, Serial No. 774,322

3 Claims. (Cl. 15G-52) This invention relates to bowling bags, and oneof the principal objects of the invention is to provide cushion supportsin a bowling bag for engagement with the top portion of a bowling bag toprevent it from rolling or being jolted off its bottom support.

The present invention is an improvement in the bowling bag disclosed inmy previous application Serial No. 702,358 upon which Patent No.2,860,681 issued November 18, 1958.

The previous application referred to involves a bowling bag havingtherein a horizontal partition dividing the bag into a lower compartmentfor containing the bowling ball and an upper compartment for containinga pair of bowling shoes, with the partition either slightly below or inapproximate coincidence with the upper periphery of a bowling ball whenseated in a concave support mounted on the bottom oor of the bag.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a pair ofcushioning members attached to the underneath side of the partition inspaced relation and in a manner to contact the upper peripheral surfaceof a bowling ball seated in its support and thus prevent unseating ofthe ball in a direction endwise of the bag, due to jolting, or upsettingof the bag while in transit or otherwise. Contact with or closeproximity of the sidewalls of the bag to the ball prevents lateraldisplacement of the ball from its seat.

The cushioning members are preferably made of soft, resilient material,such as rubber or synthetic rubber to ensure that a rrn contact with thebowling ball will be made without danger of marring the polished surfaceof the bowling ball. Also, the cushioning members may be made of felt orother suitable fabric material.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparentor pointed out in the following specification in which reference is hadto the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which:

Fig. l is a partial longitudinal sectional view of a bowling bagembodying one form of my invention, taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the cushioning members illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a sheet of resilient material to beformed into a cushioning member.

Referring to 'the drawing in which like reference numerals designatelike parts in the several Views, the numeral designates, generally, abowling bag of the type previously referred to having side walls 12, endWalls 14 and a bottom wall 16, and also having a concave support 18mounted on the inside of the bottom wall to receive the lower portion ofa bowling ball 2t), and a horizontal partition 22 attached to oppositewalls of the bag, by stitching 24 or other suitable means throughupturned portions 25 in a plane approximately coincident with the top ofthe ball when seated in the support 18. The

2,922,453 Patented Jan. 26, 1960 partition forms a lower compartment 26for containing the ball 20 and an upper compartment 28 for containing apair of bowling shoes 30. One of the side walls 12 is provided with anopening 32 through which the ball is inserted into and removed from thecompartment 24, this opening having a closure 34 which is normally heldclosed by means of a zipper or other suitable fastening means (notshown).

The cushioning members are made of soft rubber or the like and consistof a pair of cylindrical portions 38 having tangentially extendingflange portions 40 attached in spaced relation to the underneath side ofthe partition 22, by means of resilient clamping members 42 and rivets44 or other suitable attaching elements, projecting through the endportions of the clamping members and the partition, with the axes of thecylindrical portions in parallel relation and extending at right anglesto the front of the closure 34. The bowling ball when inserted throughthe opening 32 will slide between the two cylindrical portions inslightly compressed relation of the latter with the ball firmly grippedbetween the two cylindrical portions thus permitting, through theyieldability of the soft resilient material of slight movement of theball longitudinally of the bag under cushioning effect, but preventingit from moving far enough to force it olf its support 18.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated the cushioning members areformed from a thick sheet 46 of soft rubber or the like as shown in Fig.4, folded from its middle portion into overlapping relation, as shown inthe broken lines 48. However, it should be understood that the membersmay be molded integrally with the flanges, and the portions shown ascylindrical may be of other desired cross-sectional shapes.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that l have providedsimple and eifective means on the partition of the bag to restrainmovement of the bowling ball longitudinally of the bag without danger ofmarring the polished surface of the ball.

Obviously various changes or modilications in my impro-ved bowling bagmay be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiment of my inventionshown and described is intended to be illustrative only and restrictedonly by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a bag of the class described having side, end and bottom walls anda concave seat for a bowling ball centrally mounted on the inside ofsaid bottom wall, said bag also having a partition board tixedlyattached at opposite edges to walls of said bag in a horizontal plane inapproximately coincidental relation with the upper periphery ot abowling ball when in said seat; means for supporting said ball againstdisplacement from said seat endwise of said bag, said means comprising apair of resilient, elongated members xedly attached to the underneathside of said partition in equidistantly spaced, parallel relation oneach side of the transverse center line of said bag with their axes inperpendicular relation with the side walls of the bag for abuttingengagement with the upper peripheral surface of said ball, saidelongated members each having an integral tangential flange extendingalong one edge, and said elongated members being attached to saidpartition board by fastening means projecting through said anges and thepartition board with said anges extending outwardly from each other.

2. In a bag of the class described, means for supporting a bowling ballas claimed in claim 1 in which the resilient, elongated members areformed from relatively thick, at sheets bent into overlapping relationthereby forming cylindrical portions with tangential anges along one oftheir edges,

3. In a bag of zthe class described, means for support- References Citedin the file of this patent in a bowling ball as claimed in claim 1 inwhich the Y Y mans for attaching said resilient members to said par-UNITED STATES, PATENTS tition board include longitudinally clampingstrips with 2,279,426 Walsh Apr. 14, 1942 fastening means projectingthrough said strips, flanges 5 2,410,179 Nygren Oct. 29, 1946 and thepartition board. 2,860,681 Le Goi Nov. 18, 1958

